Fennesz Plots North American Tour

Ambient noise artist is on two new albums, too

This September, Christmas is going to come a little bit early for fans of pretty-sounding electronic textures and gentle noise, as Austrian electronic composer Christian Fennesz will hit North American shores for a month-long tour. Fennesz is scheduled to perform a string of U.S. and Canadian dates after some scheduled European festival appearances throughout August. The tour covers mostly major cities, so, sorry, Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Maybe next year. Check out the tour dates below.

Fennesz also has a couple of collaborative releases in the pipeline. First up is a full-length with experimental instrumentalists David Daniell and Tony Buck, Knoxville; that record will see release August 24 via Thrill Jockey. It was recorded in one day during the 2009 Big Ears Festival in (where else) Knoxville, Tennessee. Just a little over a month later, Fennesz's handiwork can be heard on the latest double-disc release from composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, Playing the Piano / Out of Noise, which comes out September 28 on Decca. And as previously reported, Fennesz remixes Oneohtrix Point Never's "Returnal" on a single out August 31 on Editions Mego.